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                    [Summary] => In line with government’s  fiscal consolidation efforts, the Board of Investments (BOI) is now coordinating with the Department of Finance (DOF) in evaluating and approving projects seeking tax incentives .


BOI officials said the two agencies are now working together to ensure that only qualified investments would be entitled to fiscal perks, and that the grant of such incentives does not result in unnecessary foregone revenues.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 256774 [Title] => NGO bucks plan to expand tax perks for agri inputs [Summary] => A non-government organization has criticized the government’s plan to continue and expand the grant of tax exemptions to agricultural and fishery inputs.

Tambuyog Development Center (TDC) executive director Arsenio Tanchuling said such plan only benefits major importers-cum-exporters in the aquaculture sector and transnational corporations such as San Miguel Foods and Dole Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 251813 [Title] => GDP growth credited to strength of democracy [Summary] => Malacañang hailed yesterday the 6.4 percent growth in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of the year.

"The economic growth of the country posted for the first three months of the year demonstrated not only the enterprising spirit of the Filipino, but the strength of democracy to inspire economic confidence," Presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye said in a statement from Malacañang yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 140671 [Title] => More business, less politics, and something new [Summary] => "In some countries, the national sport is tax evasion; in our country, the favorite pastime is politics," Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Miguel Varela once said. Despite the levity, many agree with Varela that too much politics has downgraded business to second priority.

Thus, the call for economic reforms in last week’s Philippine Business Conference, an annual undertaking of PCCI, was not new. The call had been made in previous PBCs.
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In the weekly Cabinet meeting at Malacañang last Tuesday, Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho said the government will have to slow down in its spending for the rest of the year if it is to meet its deficit target of P145 billion for the whole year as President Arroyo had committed in her state of the nation address (SONA) in Congress last July.
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Obviously displeased with the pace of the government’s land distribution under CARP, the President went over the report of Agrarian Reform Secretary Hernani Braganza with a fine-tooth comb.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 127823 [Title] => Braganza gets dressing down [Summary] => President Arroyo dressed down yesterday her agrarian reform secretary for taking too much time on a disputed 5,000-hectare property at the expense of the entire comprehensive agrarian reform program (CARP).

Obviously displeased with the pace of the government’s land distribution under CARP, the President went over the report of Agrarian Reform Secretary Hernani Braganza with a fine-tooth comb.
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Mrs. Arroyo announced that she has authorized Executive Secretary Alberto Romulo and Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho to undertake the bond flotation to raise money for the programs, the implementation of which is mandated by law.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103548 [Title] => Arroyo approves P50-billion Agri-Agra bond flotation [Summary] => President Arroyo has approved the flotation of P50-billion Agri-Agra bonds to finance the implementation this year of her administration’s agricultural modernization and land reform programs.

Mrs. Arroyo announced that she has authorized Executive Secretary Alberto Romulo and Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho to undertake the bond flotation to raise money for the programs, the implementation of which is mandated by law.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERY MODERNIZATION ACT
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                    [Title] => DOF, BOI now work closely on grant of tax incentives
                    [Summary] => In line with government’s  fiscal consolidation efforts, the Board of Investments (BOI) is now coordinating with the Department of Finance (DOF) in evaluating and approving projects seeking tax incentives .


BOI officials said the two agencies are now working together to ensure that only qualified investments would be entitled to fiscal perks, and that the grant of such incentives does not result in unnecessary foregone revenues.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 256774 [Title] => NGO bucks plan to expand tax perks for agri inputs [Summary] => A non-government organization has criticized the government’s plan to continue and expand the grant of tax exemptions to agricultural and fishery inputs.

Tambuyog Development Center (TDC) executive director Arsenio Tanchuling said such plan only benefits major importers-cum-exporters in the aquaculture sector and transnational corporations such as San Miguel Foods and Dole Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 251813 [Title] => GDP growth credited to strength of democracy [Summary] => Malacañang hailed yesterday the 6.4 percent growth in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of the year.

"The economic growth of the country posted for the first three months of the year demonstrated not only the enterprising spirit of the Filipino, but the strength of democracy to inspire economic confidence," Presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye said in a statement from Malacañang yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 140671 [Title] => More business, less politics, and something new [Summary] => "In some countries, the national sport is tax evasion; in our country, the favorite pastime is politics," Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Miguel Varela once said. Despite the levity, many agree with Varela that too much politics has downgraded business to second priority.

Thus, the call for economic reforms in last week’s Philippine Business Conference, an annual undertaking of PCCI, was not new. The call had been made in previous PBCs.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212707 [AuthorName] => Carla Paras-Sison [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 135623 [Title] => Drastic expenditure cuts needed to meet budget deficit target of P145B [Summary] => The National Government exceeded by P2.9 billion its deficit target for August as a result of both overspending and lower revenue collections.

In the weekly Cabinet meeting at Malacañang last Tuesday, Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho said the government will have to slow down in its spending for the rest of the year if it is to meet its deficit target of P145 billion for the whole year as President Arroyo had committed in her state of the nation address (SONA) in Congress last July.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 127969 [Title] => Braganza gets dressing down [Summary] => President Arroyo dressed down yesterday her agrarian reform secretary for taking too much time on a disputed 5,000-hectare property at the expense of the entire comprehensive agrarian reform program (CARP).

Obviously displeased with the pace of the government’s land distribution under CARP, the President went over the report of Agrarian Reform Secretary Hernani Braganza with a fine-tooth comb.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 127823 [Title] => Braganza gets dressing down [Summary] => President Arroyo dressed down yesterday her agrarian reform secretary for taking too much time on a disputed 5,000-hectare property at the expense of the entire comprehensive agrarian reform program (CARP).

Obviously displeased with the pace of the government’s land distribution under CARP, the President went over the report of Agrarian Reform Secretary Hernani Braganza with a fine-tooth comb.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93068 [Title] => Arroyo approves P50-billion Agri-Agra bond flotation [Summary] => President Arroyo has approved the flotation of P50-billion Agri-Agra bonds to finance the implementation this year of her administration’s agricultural modernization and land reform programs.

Mrs. Arroyo announced that she has authorized Executive Secretary Alberto Romulo and Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho to undertake the bond flotation to raise money for the programs, the implementation of which is mandated by law.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103548 [Title] => Arroyo approves P50-billion Agri-Agra bond flotation [Summary] => President Arroyo has approved the flotation of P50-billion Agri-Agra bonds to finance the implementation this year of her administration’s agricultural modernization and land reform programs.

Mrs. Arroyo announced that she has authorized Executive Secretary Alberto Romulo and Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho to undertake the bond flotation to raise money for the programs, the implementation of which is mandated by law.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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